That’s the thing about dog whistles, for most people it is just plastic surgery. For most people, 1488 is just a number and the golden sun is just a cool looking symbol.

Hop in the sauce, pal. It’s still warm, and it’s delicious.

“Mar-a-Lago face” is a cultural and aesthetic term describing a highly polished, unapologetically “done” look. Unlike standard cosmetic surgery—which often aims for subtle, natural-looking rejuvenation—this style leans into excess and is frequently seen as a symbol of status, wealth, and conservative political alignment.

https://www.paultulley.com/the-mar-a-lago-face-aesthetic-trend/

Mar-a-Lago face is intentionally trying to set itself apart from the traditional cosmetic surgery of trying to look younger, it’s a cultural signifier.

I’m no expert, but I think the “bimbo” look includes beach blonde hair, an emphasis on breast surgery; less filler and different facial shape than Mar-a-Lago face.

People are getting Mar-a-Lago face to prove their loyalty to the cause. It’s fundamentally different than Hollywood’s body dysmorphia.

Mar-a-Lago face is not standard Hollywood style procedures, it is designed specifically to stand out from those types of looks. It’s a peacock effect. It’s a cultural signifier. It’s a Nazi tattoo.

No.

There’s a fundamental difference between enjoying cosmetics, self-affirming surgery, and Mar-a-Lago face.

Would you judge a person who elected to get self-affirming surgery in an attempt to look like Hitler? I would, and I think Mar-a-Lago face is a similar concept.

The fact you haven’t addressed is that she chose to have that appearance, and she did it as a cultural signifier to the MAGA cult.

Choosing to have Mar-a-Lago face is similar to choosing a Nazi tattoo. I harshly criticize the appearance of people with Nazi tattoos, and I think that same logic applies to Loomer’s face.

Yeah, I’m a disabled person, I really understand cultural stigma.

The big difference in my mind is that I didn’t choose to be disabled. Loomer, through a series of elective cosmetic surguries, chose that face.

When you attack someone for looking a certain way, you attack anyone who looks like them

Yes, very intentionally. Choosing Mar-a-Lago face is one of the strongest signifiers of MAGA cultism. It’s practically a Nazi tattoo.

The principle of unilateral disarmament in the culture wars.

You can’t spread class consciousness when you’re being ignored.

I totally agree with you, but this is a separate argument.

Any criticism of Loomer should lead with things like how she successfully lobbied the US government to block desperate Palestinian children from receiving medical care in the US.

But why should her looks be off limits?

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Your scenario suggests that the friend ‘just started’ to act out, but this breaks the analogy because the US has been doing war crimes for decades.

This isn’t a friend that just started acting out, it’s a friend that has a history of talking behind your back, stealing your stuff, crashing your car, sleeping with your SO, killing your pet, and offering you a cash bribe in return.

Why is this person still your friend? Why didn’t people reach their limit when the friend killed a million innocent Iraqis?

You and I are in agreement on the political question here: The Kamala campaign’s support for Israel’s genocide lost her the election.

But there is a specific technical question I’m asking in this argument: is there an American poll that asked potential voters if their vote is changed by the Israel/Palestine conflict?

I went through the links you provided quickly and I didn’t see any indication that this question was asked.

I think you’re just moving the goalposts now.

Of course I mean: important enough to alter their vote.

Can you point me to a survey that tracks this? You suggested there was survey data to support your claim, but I am unaware of any survey that asks if Israel/Palestine is important enough to change votes.

I doubt it was a small minority

Great, so you do agree with me. I appreciate it.

Because I’m not a Pew Research historian, and I’m not writing a research paper here.

You’re correct that data from 2024 would be more relevant, but 2026 data is still revealing. The commenter said that an “extremely small minority” cared about the conflict [in 2024].

Are you suggesting that they are correct, an extremely small minority cared during 2024, but now in 2026 that has ballooned to >50%? That is an extraordinary claim; if you are making such a claim then please provide evidence.

More than half of Americans (53%) say the conflict between Israel and Hamas is either very or somewhat important to them personally.

Pew Research - Apr 7, 2026 survey

So the hypothesis is that somehow the DNC ($6m in debt, raising ~$10m/month) somehow came up with valuable information that the RNC ($110m cash in hand, raising ~$20m/month) doesn’t know and doesn’t have access to?

Seems very unlikely, not obvious at all.

Many people point to the influence that Uber exec and Kamala-brother-in-law Tony West had on the campaign.

His pro-corporate policies helped Kamala raise a billion dollars, but accepting that corporate money is a deal with the devil: it shifted her policy proposals and rhetoric significantly to the right.

If he changes parties then he’s just another ® senator.

His current position as spoiler maximises the amount of attention/power/leverage/bribes he can receive.

You’re mostly right about the benefits of college, but this idea of a transition into functional adulthood is outdated. It reflects a bygone era of the job market.

After graduating college and being unable to find a job, I am much less functional and significantly less adult.

A “few cute commercials”? Mate it’s 2026, this means they are hiring a literal army of commenters to flood spaces like this with Israeli talking points.

If you spend time online defending Palestinian liberation then you have almost certainly interacted with a paid Hasbara agent. Hope you had fun doing that, because it’s going to happen even more often now.